We are all here ________ Tom, because he is ill at home.

　　A. except               B. beside               C. besides

----Your watch is so beautiful. It must be expensive.

   ----Not at all. It only  ____  $4 .

A. cost             B. spent         C. took

----Is that Jack speaking?

   ----Sorry, he isn’t in right now. He ________ the park with his mother.

     A. have been to          B. has gone to         C. has been to

It’s crowded here. Let’s make some_______ for the baby.

   A. ground    B. room   C. seats

----_____ the population of your hometown?

    ---- About thirty million.

   A. How many is      B. What’s    C. How many are   

I think _____ a delicious meal is enough for his birthday.

   A. make    B. made    C. making

Rita and Anna have finished their homework, ______?

   A. have they   B. haven’t they  C. didn’t they

Nina is clever but kind of lazy. If she _________harder, she _________ better grades.                             

   A. will work; gets     B. works; will get        C. will work; will get

----Which would you like to drink, coffee or orange juice?

----_______. Please give me a cup of tea.

A. Neither    B. Both        C. All

A man was looking for things of the old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl which looked very _31_. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the _32_ of the cat, was lying_33_ the bowl. The man did not want the farmer to know that he was interested in the_34_. So he said to him, “What a nice cat you have! Will you _35_ it to me?”

The farmer asked, “_36_ will you give me for the cat?”

“Twenty dollars. Would that be enough?”

The farmer thought for a few minutes, then he _37_. After he paid the farmer, the man said, “My cat will certainly feel _38_. May I take the bowl _39_the cat can drink with it?” But the farmer said, “I’m _40_ I can’t give you the bowl. Thanks to the bowl, I have sold twenty cats already.”

1. A. old       B. new       C. big       D. small

2. A. teacher    B. servant    C. doctor     D. owner

3.  A. in        B. over       C. beside     D. under

4.  A. cat       B. bowl       C. bottle      D. milk

5. A. sell       B. give       C. pass        D. return

6. A. What     B. Where  　  C. How much　 D. What time

7. A. agreed    B. refused     C. replied       D. stopped

8. A. tired      B. thirsty      C. comfortable   D. excited

9. A. while     B. until        C. so that       D. though

10.A. sorry      B. happy       C. sad          D. grateful